Lawsuit Challenges Idaho Mine Approval

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Environmental groups challenge approval of central Idaho gold mine still needing permits

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Environmentalists are concerned that the Stibnite Gold Project could damage sensitive ecosystems and dwindling salmon populations.

The open-pit mine project received U.S. Forest Service approval in the waning days of the Biden administration last month .

The company's controlling shareholder is billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson , a major Republican donor.

"This lawsuit is about protecting the South Fork Salmon River watershed from a toxic gold mine that would destroy vital habitat for salmon and bull trout along with this breathtakingly beautiful place," Marc Fink , senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity , said in the news release. "The agencies need to focus on cleaning up the toxic mining pollution that's already here, not make things worse by green-lighting decades more of it." 2025 The Idaho Statesman . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency , LLC ..

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